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i love town meetings in my state of iowa. host: one thing that you have been doing is hearing from constituents about the farm bill, the legislation pending in congress. what are you hearing from people back home about their concerns about the farm bill being stalled in congress? guest: not much about the details within the bill. city and rural people are pretty much satisfied with what the house of representatives -- i mean what the senate passed. basically, they are wondering when it's going to pass, because they know that it is an odd situation with farm legislation. every farm bill since 1950 has been an amendment to the 1949 farm bill. when the 2008 farm bill sunsets on september 30, you go back to 1949. of course the situation in agriculture is a lot different now in the 21st century than it was in 1950. if you don't get something on the books, it is conduct bad policy. they are asking for one or two things. the ideal thing would be to get a five-year farm bill passed. the five-year farm bill also includes a five-year e
i love town meetings in my state of iowa. host: one thing that you have been doing is hearing from constituents about the farm bill, the legislation pending in congress. what are you hearing from people back home about their concerns about the farm bill being stalled in congress? guest: not much about the details within the bill. city and rural people are pretty much satisfied with what the house of representatives -- i mean what the senate passed. basically, they are wondering when it's going...
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i just had my 35th annualstate fair in iowa. we just said governor martin o'malley for maryland out there. he is a good friend. i think he has to make great job as governor of maryland. i think there's a great field out there of a new, young men and women out there who will service very well in the future. host: senator tom harkin, thank you for joining us. we'll have a discussion on energy issues in campaign 2012 and later, we will talk about the recent peace and the consumer financial protection bureau. first, a news update -- >> reuters reports that china's vice-president is very healthy and very engaged. the story goes on to say that the chinese leader in the waiting suffered a back injury from a sport and as this is the clear sackbut -- explanation to date for his disappearance for nearly two weeks. he has met with defense secretary leon -- leon panetta. earlier to chinese troops and the focus on the asia-pacific region including plans to put a second grader system in japan. this is not an attempt to contain a threat and ch
i just had my 35th annualstate fair in iowa. we just said governor martin o'malley for maryland out there. he is a good friend. i think he has to make great job as governor of maryland. i think there's a great field out there of a new, young men and women out there who will service very well in the future. host: senator tom harkin, thank you for joining us. we'll have a discussion on energy issues in campaign 2012 and later, we will talk about the recent peace and the consumer financial...
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he needs to come to iowa. he will find out there are 7000 jobs in this state that depend on the wind industry. these jobs are not that -- not fads. they are the future. let's start investing in clean energy that will create jobs and secure our future. that is the difference in this election. host: jacksonville, north carolina on the republican line. good morning. caller: all of these renewable bills, solar -- they are not functional. we are losing money. solyndra and all of these others, we are subsidizing them and as soon as we give them money, they go broke. you get the idea that we are broke. we are $16 trillion in debt. we would get jobs if we would have the oil pipe line. that is more than 7000 jobs. the fact that the president just eliminated killing in the gulf, that has eliminated thousands of jobs. now we are subsidizing brazil to be drilling in the gulf. this is totally ridiculous. we need leadership. obama is not doing any leadership. he is taking the country down and we are the ones who are paying
he needs to come to iowa. he will find out there are 7000 jobs in this state that depend on the wind industry. these jobs are not that -- not fads. they are the future. let's start investing in clean energy that will create jobs and secure our future. that is the difference in this election. host: jacksonville, north carolina on the republican line. good morning. caller: all of these renewable bills, solar -- they are not functional. we are losing money. solyndra and all of these others, we are...
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that's pam on our line for democrats, calling from iowa this morning. in "the wall street journal," student loan defaults mount again. they write the number of americans who dwault on federal student loans edged up again in the most recent reporting period. host: jeff on our line for republicans, calling from new york this morning. go ahead, jeff. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: this question of one or two parties is a misnomer. the fact of the matter is we've been living with a one-party system since woodrow wilson. we're the party of the federal reserve, doesn't matter which party you actually belong to, as long as the federal reserve controls the pursestrings. we need to correct that. otherwise the multiple voices out there, and the government has always been from multiple voices from the very beginning who want to individually speak of what's going on in the world. host: all right. caller: when you have money that basically controls voices, you lose your voice. host: all right, jeff, thank you very much for the call. jeff on our li
that's pam on our line for democrats, calling from iowa this morning. in "the wall street journal," student loan defaults mount again. they write the number of americans who dwault on federal student loans edged up again in the most recent reporting period. host: jeff on our line for republicans, calling from new york this morning. go ahead, jeff. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: this question of one or two parties is a misnomer. the fact of the matter is we've been...
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host: on saturday the president was in iowa. he laid out part of his campaign strategy: >> [video clip] now, this thursday night, i will offer you what i believe is a better path forward. a path that grows this economy, creates more good jobs, strengthens the middle class. and the good news is you get to choose which path we take. we can pick -- we can take their path or we can take the path that i'm going to present. we can choose whether we give massive new tax cuts to folks who have already made it, or whether we keep the tax cuts for every american who's still trying to make it. i have cut taxes by a total of $3600 for the typical family, and i'm now wanting to make sure that taxes aren't raised a dime on your family's first $250,000 of income. that's the path forward. but you're going to have to choose it. it will be up to you. you can choose whether we see new jobs and new industries to -- creed new jobs and new industries to countries like china, or whether we fight for those jobs for states like iowa. host: and this morn
host: on saturday the president was in iowa. he laid out part of his campaign strategy: >> [video clip] now, this thursday night, i will offer you what i believe is a better path forward. a path that grows this economy, creates more good jobs, strengthens the middle class. and the good news is you get to choose which path we take. we can pick -- we can take their path or we can take the path that i'm going to present. we can choose whether we give massive new tax cuts to folks who have...
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next is a call from -- host: next is a call from iowa. caller: thank you for mentioning john edwards. he was for the rich and poor. he was the only one that mentioned poverty. there is such a thing as a middle class paid anyway, i've not seen a man since robert kennedy who mentioned poverty. my husband is bed-ridden with ms. his income has not changed since 1995. we have to pay for most things ourselves. this is our third mattress that he is laying down. $1,500. it is leaking already. the of the one lasted five
next is a call from -- host: next is a call from iowa. caller: thank you for mentioning john edwards. he was for the rich and poor. he was the only one that mentioned poverty. there is such a thing as a middle class paid anyway, i've not seen a man since robert kennedy who mentioned poverty. my husband is bed-ridden with ms. his income has not changed since 1995. we have to pay for most things ourselves. this is our third mattress that he is laying down. $1,500. it is leaking already. the of...
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because that speech in iowa, that was a joke. >> host: from clearwater, florida. vice president biden will be out there today. he'll be speaking in green bay, wisconsin. an event we'll have live for you here on c-span. it's at 4:10 p.m., the vice president campaigning in green bay. i want to remind you about our convention hub as well go. to c-span.org, there's a ton of information there for you about the conventions. go to c-span.org/campaign 2012. you can watch web exclusive videos, create and share video clips. add your comments. all at c-span/campaign2012. go there we hope. and there's a short piece of romney campaigning in cincinnati yesterday. >> getting ready for my -- my convention speech, i read some speeches from some other people who'd spoken at conventions. i read the inaugural speech of some of our great presidents and heroes in my life. and one of the speeches i read was the convention speech of barack obama. he's not one of the ones i wanted to draw from. but i could not resist a couple of things they said. he made a lot of promises. i noted he didn
because that speech in iowa, that was a joke. >> host: from clearwater, florida. vice president biden will be out there today. he'll be speaking in green bay, wisconsin. an event we'll have live for you here on c-span. it's at 4:10 p.m., the vice president campaigning in green bay. i want to remind you about our convention hub as well go. to c-span.org, there's a ton of information there for you about the conventions. go to c-span.org/campaign 2012. you can watch web exclusive videos,...
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stream of voters, the dateline is des moines, a stream of voters arrived at election offices across iowa to cast their ballots. host: the president is on executing a plan to accrue more votes over the next 40 days. and there's a chart in this story. 36% of iowans voted early in 2008. 30% in ohio voted early. 61% in north carolina. and nevada, 67%. colorado, nearly 80% of voters voted early in that state. 21% in wisconsin. half in florida voted early. virginia, about 14%. and new hampshire, about 10% voted early. so, that's from the "new york times" this morning. here's "the washington times" this morning, the lead story, obama focuses on two other jobs, campaigning and cash raising, take up time. if it's for sports champions and terrorists, president obama's public schedule for september would be nearly empty of official events, as he devoted most of his time to campaigning for re-election. host: kell say republican in frederick, maryland, and kelly, you are on the "washington journal." what do you think about media coverage of campaign 2012? caller: i do think it's biased, but i also th
stream of voters, the dateline is des moines, a stream of voters arrived at election offices across iowa to cast their ballots. host: the president is on executing a plan to accrue more votes over the next 40 days. and there's a chart in this story. 36% of iowans voted early in 2008. 30% in ohio voted early. 61% in north carolina. and nevada, 67%. colorado, nearly 80% of voters voted early in that state. 21% in wisconsin. half in florida voted early. virginia, about 14%. and new hampshire,...
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. -- des moines iowa. caller: i live below my means, and i am spending more. i spend more on gas, milk, water, my property taxes are rages, my electric bill. propane and health insurance. the u.s. has no budget, and i have a budget. i live below my means. host: this story about the u.n. that is from "the new york times." by the way, if you are interested in what is going on at the un, live on c-span at 4:30 in the afternoon. you can see a speech by the libyan president. they will address the general assembly today which is meeting. again, that will start at 4:15. you can see that on c-span and c-span.org as well. one more call on this topic. nashville, tennessee, hello. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. my partner and i live on a very tight budget. the two of us may just under the $47,000 mark. at the beginning of this year we both decided that we were going to cut our budget back 10% because we needed to donate to the obama campaign and try to elect as many democrats and representatives as possible. we are hearing no, no, no from the tea
. -- des moines iowa. caller: i live below my means, and i am spending more. i spend more on gas, milk, water, my property taxes are rages, my electric bill. propane and health insurance. the u.s. has no budget, and i have a budget. i live below my means. host: this story about the u.n. that is from "the new york times." by the way, if you are interested in what is going on at the un, live on c-span at 4:30 in the afternoon. you can see a speech by the libyan president. they will...
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then you go to florida, ohio, iowa, colorado, nevada, places like that. you get up to release the high 20's, 30's, like that. i am doing worst-case scenario. there will be some places that do not fall into those categories but our opportunity states for us. i want 35. you probably the not surprised to hear that. but we have to protect our incumbents. if you are a a democrat in you could win in 2010, that year from hell, you could probably win in 2012 with president obama on the ticket. but we assume nothing, and we have to make sure our incumbents win. let me just say that since we started with history, my going to conventions as a child, even before that in 1946, the democrats lost 55 seats after world war ii. they lost control of the congress. president truman ran against the do-nothing republican congress, saved his presidency. guess how many seats the democrats won? well, i will tell you. 77. you do not know how elections are, especially now with communications being so different. we need a big one, 25. that is what would be called a big swing. but, y
then you go to florida, ohio, iowa, colorado, nevada, places like that. you get up to release the high 20's, 30's, like that. i am doing worst-case scenario. there will be some places that do not fall into those categories but our opportunity states for us. i want 35. you probably the not surprised to hear that. but we have to protect our incumbents. if you are a a democrat in you could win in 2010, that year from hell, you could probably win in 2012 with president obama on the ticket. but we...
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this one against a democrat in iowa. [video clip] $760 billion. what does it mean for us? washington bureaucrats making health-care decisions. our congressmen could not find even one. host: that was an ad against bruce bayler. here is another ad. [video clip] >> only in washington with this happen. she voted to increase taxes. where does the money go? it is paul ryan's plan and she voted for it. outreaches, even in washington -- that is outrageous. host: your thoughts about the ads and the contents. guest: read the fine print. look at the sourcing. go to some of the fact checking websites. find out what is going on. if you're making judgments, you're making ill informed judgments. this extrapolates lot from what is happening. what would happen if a republican was elected and it doesn't add up. host: gail from michigan. caller: thank you for being honest and stating you have to read the fine print. it is not true they want to raise taxes on the middle class. mitt romney does not plan to raise taxes on the middle class at all. we will have around 24% increase on the average
this one against a democrat in iowa. [video clip] $760 billion. what does it mean for us? washington bureaucrats making health-care decisions. our congressmen could not find even one. host: that was an ad against bruce bayler. here is another ad. [video clip] >> only in washington with this happen. she voted to increase taxes. where does the money go? it is paul ryan's plan and she voted for it. outreaches, even in washington -- that is outrageous. host: your thoughts about the ads and...
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item not sure new mexico is still a swing state but we're on the ballot there, and in iowa and it's very close there. >> host: since 1832, no third party has ever won the presidency and it's extremely difficult if not impossible for anyone to win statewide -- >> guest: steve, i disagree with that analysis. abraham lincoln was a third party in 1860. in 1856, you had the democratic party and the wig -- and abraham lincoln wasn't on the ballot in a number of states, particularly in the south, yet he won the election. he didn't win a majority of the popular vote, he won the majority of the electoral vote and in 1832, i would submit that there were two parties there and it was henry clay and andrew jackson and jackson won the overwhelming popular vote. back in 1824, there was certainly several different parties running and then, of course, john quincy adams won that race and that was -- you had at least three, maybe four, parties then. host: but even -- >> guest guest the electoral votes. host: but even if you take it to more recent campaigns, 1968, the caller referring to george wallace did
item not sure new mexico is still a swing state but we're on the ballot there, and in iowa and it's very close there. >> host: since 1832, no third party has ever won the presidency and it's extremely difficult if not impossible for anyone to win statewide -- >> guest: steve, i disagree with that analysis. abraham lincoln was a third party in 1860. in 1856, you had the democratic party and the wig -- and abraham lincoln wasn't on the ballot in a number of states, particularly in the...
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just under 55 days left in washington and iowa for voting. coming up, we will turn our attention to the issue of organized labor. bill bennett will be joining us. first, a look at the other topics on the sunday morning programs, all of which can be heard on c-span radio. >> thank you, steve. today, the situation in the middle east is a focus of discussion with susan right, u.s. ambassador to the united nations. other topics today, the 2012 presidential election, the chicago teachers strike, and the weekend congress. you can hear second airings of all of the programs beginning and noon eastern. we begin with meet the press. david gregory welcomes benjamin netanyahu. then keith ellison, minn., and the chairman of the house homeland security committee, peter king. more from susan rice on "this week." 2:00, "fox news sunday." chris wallace welcomes mike rogers, with another appearance by ambassador rice. "state of the union" follows a 3:00 p.m.. the guest is prime minister netanyahu and the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. at 4:00 p.m., "face
just under 55 days left in washington and iowa for voting. coming up, we will turn our attention to the issue of organized labor. bill bennett will be joining us. first, a look at the other topics on the sunday morning programs, all of which can be heard on c-span radio. >> thank you, steve. today, the situation in the middle east is a focus of discussion with susan right, u.s. ambassador to the united nations. other topics today, the 2012 presidential election, the chicago teachers...
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you have a legitimate reason, but extending it now to a point where north carolina is already voting, iowa is about to vote, i think that's just wrong, because it cuts off the debate and the real 10or and point of the campaign, which is to try to present the evidence to people and convince them to vote for one candidate or the other. host: should they move the voting day from say tuesday to a sunday? guest: well sunday i think you'd have real religious objections. saturday is the day that's most talked about, and even there you'd have some religious objections from orthodox jews. look, that's a point that andrew young, the former mayor of atlanta, has talked about, moving the voting day to increase participation. i'm open to that. but it would require a wholesale change. i think we have to talk about what's possible in the near term because we're facing an election in 60 days, and something like that would take years to implement. host: let me have you listen to what the attorney general eric holder said as he spoke before the congressional black caucus this past may on the issue of voter
you have a legitimate reason, but extending it now to a point where north carolina is already voting, iowa is about to vote, i think that's just wrong, because it cuts off the debate and the real 10or and point of the campaign, which is to try to present the evidence to people and convince them to vote for one candidate or the other. host: should they move the voting day from say tuesday to a sunday? guest: well sunday i think you'd have real religious objections. saturday is the day that's...
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she is calling for either -- calling from iowa. go ahead, lisa. caller: i filled out my application to vote yesterday. my daughter ticket and put it in the mail and i am done. i filled out the affidavit. i voted absentee. this government needs to get on the ball and get us up to the electronics. we have not used them. host: you are voting early. is that because you have already made up your mind or do you have been physical restriction? caller: i am 74 and i am not going to stand in line two or three hours. each one of us should be able to do it from our home. it is time we got up with the electronics we have got. host: in the washington post this morning, a report says laws may cut latino voting. civil rights groups are warning that as many as 10 million hispanics may be deterred from casting ballots because of changes to voting laws. the civil rights group, advancement project, cites the impact on newly restrictive voter identification laws and late efforts to remove non- citizens from boulder -- voter rolls. lakewood, florida is where our next
she is calling for either -- calling from iowa. go ahead, lisa. caller: i filled out my application to vote yesterday. my daughter ticket and put it in the mail and i am done. i filled out the affidavit. i voted absentee. this government needs to get on the ball and get us up to the electronics. we have not used them. host: you are voting early. is that because you have already made up your mind or do you have been physical restriction? caller: i am 74 and i am not going to stand in line two or...